Cork-puller



I J. W. KEITH.

CORK FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. I918.

' Patented Feb. 24,1920.

l/ fl/ I I IH 4 4// A a IK MWMVVMV VM&QQ

. J sTATEs anus u ru or NQ BUae. mam. i

CORK-FULLER.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known, that I, JAMES W. Kurrrr, a citizen: of the UnitedfiStates, and resident of Lynchburg, in the, county =0f- Campbell and fitate'of Virginia, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements, in GOIk-aPllllers, of which the following is-a specification, reference being had therein to the ac-. companying drawing.

The obj ect; of this invention is to, produce a light, simple device by theusefof which ordinary corks may, without mutilation, be

removed from. ordinary bottles.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure, l isia perspective view of the de vice.

Fig. 2 is an axial section of a bottle neck and cork therein, the pulling device beingin position for bringing out the cork when itself withdrawn.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the working end of the tool or device.

Fig. & is a cross sectional view of a slightly modified construction.

In these views, A represents a stiff metalmember, or blade, which'is usually fiat, terminally very thin and having its lateral portions rounded, nearly to an edge, on the side which is to make contact with a bottle neck B when the blade is inserted alongside a cork C therein. Preferably the member A is provided with a suitable handle here shown at D as non-integral. .This blade or 'member A is provided near its free end with a central longitudinal slot orrecess E in which a spring steel finger G is pivoted at G to swing downward against a stop H and to fold upward into the recess and against a stop I near the pivot, the part of the fin 'er below this stop being nearly rigidand the part above the same prei'erably, butnot necessarily,'being diminished so that it is somewhat readily sprung,and so curvedthat its free end when it is folded projects from theslot as indicated in dotted lines at J.

When this blade is pushed into a bottle neck alongside a corkthe finger first folds v below the, inner end: of thecork, when re.-. sihencythrowsthe end J outof the. slotand eneath. the cork, or if- .the curvedfinger Sp uaam news an-.5 Patented Feb, 24,19zo'.

application filed February 1a, 1918. semi No.217',851.. T

be rigid, the, corksprings back. If now the bladeQbe pulled outward, the end J of the finger strlkes the. corkand the finger swingstotneposition shown in Fig. 2, where it makes. an angle greater than 90 with the blade so that the pull of the finger is ex-.

erted on the corkfalmost :at the pivot G, or almost without, leverage. If the cork strQnglyresists .the pull, the rigid portion of-the finger compresses the cork'butmost mmptessed ofl'ers most. resistance the 111111 is always very near the pivot. Arranging the finger so that its free end swings to a plane below its pivot is of great importance, since thereby leverage being slight, a light construction may be employed and the pull is at the periphery of the cork, instead of being transmitted through a considerable distance through yielding cork. When the cork has been extracted its compressed portions return to initial shape and the cork, even if many times extracted, hardly shows a trace of the operation.

The cork is shown as projecting from the bottle, but it may be flush or be sunk below the margin of the neck without affectinfi the operation set forth. I

he blade may, if desired, be curved to nearly cylindrical form as shown at A, Fig. 4, this form combining stiffness and lightness with simplicity in manufacture.

The advantage of having extracted corks as fully serviceable as new corks is obvious,

and to secure this advantage through using upon any and all corks already in place a simple extractor is a result not before reached so far as I am aware;

It may be further stated that the device set forth may be used very successfully for removing corks which havebeen pushed into the space in'the bottle and below its neck,

and- .tha-t such corks are also withdrawn marking them. I What I claim is: v

. largely near the pivet. As the part most.

1. A cork extractor consisting'of astifi' member adapted to be forced between a cork and the bottle neck in which it lies and a folding finger pivoted near the free end of said member to fold as the member without injury and usually, without even is forced inward and to open a'little more than 90 againsta stop on the memberas.

the latter is withdrawn.

2. The combination with a stiff metal.

member adapted to be forced inwardly between a cork and a bottle neck in which the cork lies, of a finger adapted to fold to.

position nearly parallel to said member as the latter is insertedand to open, when" below the cork, and make with the member an angle slightly exceeding 90, said member being provided with stops limiting the movement of the finger in each direction.

3. The combination with'a stifl' member adapted to be foroedrinwardly between a bottle neck and a "cork lying therein, of a finger pivoted to the member and arranged for limited downward swinging below the cork until its free end lies materially below the pivotal axis. 3

4.The combination with a stiff member adapted to be forced inwardly between a 'bottle' neck and a cork therein, of a finger pivoted to the member, to fold asvthe membercarries it past the cork and to open'auto-' matically a little more than 90 when the p 5. The

member is retracted, whereby theplull of the finger upon the cork is only near-t e pivotal axis. combination with a, member adapte'd'to be forced inwardlyalongside a cork .in a bottle neck, of as spring finger member, which limit its opening to a little more than 90 and its closing to a position where resiliency tends to hold its end at one side of said member. I a

6; The combination with a adapted to be forced in ward' alongside a' cork lying-i-n a bottle 'neck andprovided pivoted to said member near its end and arranged to swing against stops, on sald member near its free end witha' longitudinal slot, l

of a terminallycurvedfinger pivoted to said JAMES WiKEITH. V 

